10 Bands That Changed Rock And Roll

Most of the rock acts coming out pre 1960 tended to center just around one guy. As much as Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry were superstars in their own right, there's a slim chance that you could name anybody else who populated their backing bands. Even if the other names tend to fade into the background, four lads from Liverpool made the entire concept of a rock band with distinctive personalities.

Before they had even hit it big, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were building one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships known to man, eventually scoring more #1 hits than anyone other act in the world. Aside from their amazing songwriting skills, these were never guys who were looking to stay in one lane for very long. In just 8 years, the Beatles ended up growing with their audience, going from typical love songs of the time to eventually going everywhere from folk rock to psych rock to even metal in some spots of their later period.

Across every one of their albums, there isn't one part of the Beatles' discography that starts to rest on its laurels, each going for a completely different sound and not catering to what the public at large wanted. In an age where rock and roll was supposed to be throwaway pop music for the masses, the Beatles proved that this could be something so much than just music.